| Crime and the American Dream Revised Edition Contributor(s): Messner, Steven F. (Author), Rosenfeld, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1111346968 ISBN-13: 9781111346966 Publisher: Cengage Learning OUR PRICE: $178.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Education | Counseling - General |
| Dewey: 364.973 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.3" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How has America's over-emphasis on the pursuit of materialistic gain contributed to the it's high rate of violent crime? CRIME AND THE AMERICAN DREAM, 5th Edition is an easy-to-understand book that attempts to answer that question using seminal criminological theory. |
Contributor Bio(s): Messner, Steven F.: - Steven F. Messner is Distinguished Teaching Professor of Sociology at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and has taught at Columbia University and Nankai University in the People's Republic of China. His research has focused primarily on the relationship between features of social organization and violent crime rates. His other books include PERSPECTIVES ON CRIME AND DEVIANCE, (with Allen E. Liska), THEORETICAL INTEGRATION IN THE STUDY OF DEVIANCE AND CRIME, (with Marvin D. Krohn and Allen E. Liska), and CRIME AND SOCIAL CONTROL IN A CHANGING CHINA (with Jianhong Liu and Lening Zhang). Dr. Messner has also authored numerous articles and book chapters on the topic of criminal violence and is a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology.Rosenfeld, Richard: - Richard Rosenfeld is a Curators Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a past President of the American Society of Criminology. He has written several articles on violent crime, crime statistics, and crime control policy, and his current research focuses on explaining changes in crime rates over time. He is an ASC Fellow and has served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Law and Justice. |
